Tashkent, Uzbekistan — The introduction of information technologies in the activities of economic entities continues. The next stage is the introduction of the Unified electronic catalog of goods sold in the territory of Uzbekistan. A draft law on this topical topic has been submitted for discussion on the SOVAZ portal.The draft presidential decree “On measures to introduce the Unified electronic catalog of goods sold on the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan” is aimed at systematizing the accounting of goods and services, analyzing the turnover and supply chain.
This project was developed in accordance with the Tax Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan. Among the expected results – the formation of the most voluminous statistical data on the shadow economy, improvement of consumer price statistics, the creation of automated control processes using modern management methods and information resources.
The responsibility for the Catalog is vested in the State Tax Committee, which will form the information included in the Catalog, regularly update the data, provide technical support to the users of the Catalog, and post the Catalog on the official website.
Several appendices are provided to the document:
– A unified electronic catalog in the form of a table, which lists the main types of products, goods and services produced on the basis of the TN VED (includes 885 items). It contains serial numbers, groups of goods and services, classification codes and units of measurement.
– Regulations on the procedure for maintaining the Unified Electronic Catalog of Goods and Services, which determines the rules for the classification of goods and services, the procedure for maintaining the Catalog.
– Regulations on the procedure for registering concluded contracts by business entities in the electronic register. It regulates the procedure for the formation of the register of contracts, the rights and obligations of its participants, the basic rules of cataloging (electronic identifier or a single ID-number, QR code that allows you to receive information about an electronic contract).
There are a number of important tasks in the plans:
– introduction of a system for automated display of identification codes of goods and services registered in the Unified Electronic Catalog in electronic invoices (from February 1, 2021);
– integration into the online cash register system and virtual cash registers of identification codes of goods and services (until March 1, 2021).
According to the bill, the sums of funds allocated for the receipt of barcodes by business entities under the international system are excluded from the tax base. This should be ensured by the Ministry of Finance when preparing the draft State Budget for 2021 and subsequent years.
The introduction of the classification of goods and services, the use of the international barcode system will speed up and facilitate business processes, including for the development of e-commerce, significantly facilitating the processing of significant volumes of information by tax services and other government agencies.
The project was published in the state language. You can propose changes, additions or leave a comment until 2 October 2020.